Re: Tuna vs. Salmon
PlumbeRob said:
Has anybody tried the Chicken of the sea, smoked pacific salmon steaks? They are about the same price as the tuna steaks and come in the foil pouch. I've also tried the small pouch of shrimp. They are good (not capitalized good, just good).
Does the bakepacker work? I backpack with my daughter and she loves fresh baked goods.
PlumbeRob,
I didn't see the Chicken of the Sea smoked salmon - but I WILL next time. I did see the foil bags of shrimp, smoked oysters, and abalone. My thoughts are this.
I like rice for camping because it carries light, cooks easily, and goes with everything. I like brown rice with or without lentils, and as Chuck sez, put it in a Nalgene bottle with premeasured water in the morning, and let it roll around all day. At night, it cooks quickly. A foil pack of one of these vanities with the rice, seasoned with onions and garlic, would be JARVIS good eatin’ at the end of a day of stirring up the water with my boat.
The BakePacker works quite nicely. I have one and got one for my Son too. Now, I use a steamer basket like you use for steaming veggies; it spreads to fit a wider variety of cooking utensils. Look at the kitchen gadget shelf in the super market. One brand has no (or a removable) center post, and removable legs. Makes for flatter packing
BTW, when you cook up rice in the BakePacker or steamer basket, leave it in the bag, roll the bag shut, and it will keep nicely, even without refrigeration, for several days if there is no meat in it.
When you steam bake bread in it, diminish the amount of liquids for the recipe by about 15%-20%, unless the recipe was written to be steam baked.